Carol R. Thrush
Professor
faculty
Surgery, College of Medicine
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Carol R. Thrush, Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, investigates factors influencing physician training, professional development, and organizational climate. Her research group has explored the relationship between loss of meaning at work and burnout risk in academic medicine. Additionally, Dr. Thrush has contributed to studies examining factors associated with residents directly entering practice upon graduation and the effectiveness of transitional year residency programs for unmatched medical students. She has also focused on developing and validating surveys to assess organizational climate, including the Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES) and the Climate of Accountability and Interpersonal Respect (CAIR) survey.
Further research by Dr. Thrush includes an examination of anatomy scholars programs for medical students entering surgical residency and the impact of longitudinal suture curricula on medical student confidence and clinical application. Her work also extends to responsible conduct of research, with a focus on developing frameworks for collaborative accountability and policy recommendations on research integrity. Dr. Thrush's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 24, 93 total publications, and 1,787 total citations. She is designated as a highly cited researcher and collaborates with colleagues including Mary Kimbrough and Molly M. Gathright at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 24
- Publications: 93
- Citations: 1,806
Selected Publications
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Toward an “ecosystems” approach to responsible conduct of research (RCR): A multi-stakeholder framework for collaborative accountability and policy recommendations on research integrity (2025)
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Creating a Roadmap for Longitudinal Quality Improvement Training in a Pediatric Residency Program (2025)
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Beyond Boot Camp: Small Group Learning to Enhance Hospital Medicine Knowledge and Clinical Reasoning for Community-Based Residency Programs (2025)
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Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES): development and validation of an organizational climate survey (2025)
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A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE Consortium examining factors associated with directly entering practice upon residency graduation (2022)
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A Transitional Year Residency Program Provides Innovative Solutions for Unmatched Medical Students (2021)
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Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency (2021)
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Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine (2021)
Research Interests
Dr. Thrush has worked in academic healthcare settings since 1991, and has published more than 80 scientific journal articles spanning educational, social and behavioral sciences, health services, and medical education research domains. She has served as a Co-PI on an NIH NCRR grant to establish psychometric properties of a survey to assess organizational research climate and as a consultant on a VA HSR&D-funded grant to assess methods of feedback from this survey to VA leaders. She has consulted with many entities regarding measuring the organizational climate for research integrity, including the Council of Graduate Schools, Michigan State University, Epigeum, the American Geophysical Union, University of California Davis-NCATS investigators, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Grants & Funding
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Medical Spanish Course Pulaski County Medical Society Faculty
- The AGU Ethics and Equity Initiative: Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Other
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Medical Spanish Course Pulaski County Medical Society Faculty
- An RCT to Test Reporting and Feedback to Foster Research Integrity Climates VA Health Services Research and Development Service, Directed Research Projects on Research Best Practices to improve Human Subjects Protection in Research and Improve Research Integrity Other Significant Contributor
- UAMS LULAC Medical Spanish Course - Continuation Pulaski County Medical Society Principal Investigator
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Medical Spanish Course Pulaski County Medical Society Faculty
- Propagating the Uniform Research Integrity Climate Assessment (U-RICA) NIH Other Significant Contributor
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine
- A Transitional Year Residency Program Provides Innovative Solutions for Unmatched Medical Students
- Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES): development and validation of an organizational climate survey
- Climate of Accountability and Interpersonal Respect (CAIR): Development and Validation of a New Organizational Survey
- Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES): development and validation of an organizational climate survey
- Climate of Accountability and Interpersonal Respect (CAIR): Development and Validation of a New Organizational Survey
- Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES): development and validation of an organizational climate survey
- Climate of Accountability and Interpersonal Respect (CAIR): Development and Validation of a New Organizational Survey
- Climate of Accountability, Respect, and Ethics Survey (CARES): development and validation of an organizational climate survey
- Climate of Accountability and Interpersonal Respect (CAIR): Development and Validation of a New Organizational Survey
- Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine
- Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine
- Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine
- Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
- Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
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